Hand-stamp.



No. 726,954. PATENTED MAY 5,1903.

e. LOBITZ" HAND STAMP.

APPLICATION FILED my 31, 1902.

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PATENT ()FFICE.

GOTTFRIED LOBITZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAN Di-STAM P.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 726,954, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed May 31, 1902.

To all whom it may concern: V,

Be it known that I, GOTTFRIED LOBITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to novel improvements in hand-stamps, and may be embodied in many different forms andin stamps of many dilferent varieties.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong and substantial device by which a per fect and even impression may always be obtained and constructed sothat it can be conveniently handled. f

Further objectsare toinclose and protect the type-bands, to .form a rigid but removable connection between the handle and the head, to construct the device with the handle in close proximity to the printing-face, so that it can be grasped close to the head, and to provide means for maintaining the type-bands taut.

With these and other' ends in view I have illustrated one Way-in which the invention may be embodied in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 c Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view'on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a similar View on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3-is a View looking down on the head after the handle is. re-:

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By reference to the'drawings it will be observed that the invention consists, essentially, of a handle 10, which is provided with achamber 11 to receive the type-bands and their support and is connected directly to the head 12. The handle may be made of wood and hollowed out at its lower end to form the chamber 11, as shown; but it may be made of other material and hollow throughout, if preferred. The head comprises a top plate 13, provided with a peripheral depending flange 14, and is adaptedto be fastened to the handle by means of locking-plates 15, which pass through openings 16 in the flange 14 and are provided with hooked ends 17, which extend up through slots 18 in the top plate 13 and engage lugs 19 on the lower edge of the handle. The lugs 19 maybe constructed and arranged in any suitable manner; but in the drawings I have is fastened thereto at 23.

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shownlthem formed on a skeleton plate 20,

which is fastened to the lower end of the handle. The outer ends 21 of the locking-plates are turned down to inclose aband-spring 22, which extends part way around the head and A rubber cushion 24 is provided on the lower face of the head and may be glued to the plate 25, which is secured in a suitable manner within the depending flange 14 and forms a guide to hold the locking-plates in proper position.

It will be apparent that I may employ one or more type-bands, and in the drawings I have shownthe device constructed to accommodate three type-bands 26, 27, and 28, which are arranged to travel around the divided support 29. To facilitate the adjustment of the bands, I may provide feed-rollers at the top of the support, which are turned by operating the disks 31. These rollers may be dispensed with, if desired, because the ink on the bands dries quickly, and they may be grasped at the top of the holder and adjusted without disfiguring the hands. The holder extends down through an opening 32 in the "head and carries the bands into printing position, so that the type thereon will lie flush with the outerfa'ce of the rubber cushion.

The holder issecured to the head by means of screws 33, which pass through the arms 34, rigid with the head, and into threaded open- The lower member 35 of the support is provided with guide-rods 36, which are seated in the socket-openings 37 in the upper member 38, and in order to maintain the type-bands at the proper tension at all times I interpose springs between the two members and have shown coil-springs 39 on the guide rods and bearing at their ends against the lower member 35 and the shoulders 40 in the socket-openings.

While my invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with-t'ype-ba'nds as a band-dater, itwwill of course be apparent that many of its features may be embodied in daters of other kinds and the same superior results attained. The device as shown and described presents many novel improvements in the art and has numerous points of superiority over the stamps in general use. It has a long and convenient handle which can be grasped tightly by the whole hand with the ICO head underneath, and this enables the device to be used with great rapidity and for a long period without producing fatigue. The bandle can be readily removed for adjusting the type-bands, and when replaced on the head the parts are rigidly connected together. The force of each blow is imposed directly upon the head and not upon any of the connections or looking parts, so that none of the parts will become injured when the device is used to a considerable extent. The stamp is strong and durable and can be manufactured at comparatively small cost.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1. A hand-stamp comprising a flat head, a support carried by and projecting above the head, a type-band on said support, a removable handle provided With a chamber to receive the support and type-band and adapted to be arranged with its lower edge in positive engagement with the head, and means arranged to engage the handle inside of the chamber and above its lower edge for looking the handle and head together.

2. A hand-stamp comprising a head, a removable handle, a type band operating through an opening in the head and in a chamber in the handle, lugs on the handle, and laterally-movable spring-controlled lockingplates on the head projecting up into the chamber in the handle for engaging said lugs to lock the head and handle together.

3. A hand-stamp comprising a head, a removable handle, a type band operating through an opening in the head and extending above the head into a chamber in the handle, and spring-controlled locking-plates extending laterally through the head and arranged to engage the handle to fasten the handle and head together.

- 4. A hand-stamp comprising a head consisting of a top plate and a depending peripheral flange, a removable handle, a typeband operating through an opening in the head and in a chamber in the handle, and spring controlled locking plates operating through the flange on the head and extending up through openings in the top plate to engage the handle.

5. A hand-stamp comprising a head con sisting of a top plate and a depending peripheral flange, a removable handle, a typeband operating through an opening in the head and in a chamber in the handle, locking-plates extending laterally through the head and having their inner ends projecting up into the chamber in the handle to engage with the handle and their outer ends downturned, and a band-spring fastened to the head and engaging the downturned ends of the locking-plates.

GOTTFRIED LOBITZ.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. BELT,

HELEN L. PECK. 

